Marvellous as it may be for mental calm, meditation will not give you the answers to this quiz, if they’re not in your head to start with, that is.
1. Which was the first Olympic Games in which athletes from Kosovo were able to compete under the flag of their own country?
2. In Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book”, what animal was Kaa?
3. What are the two main symbols of the Freemasons?
4. In 2010, who became the first person to win the Women’s Singles title at the Australian Open tennis tournament 5 times?
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5. The Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods, about 252 to 66 million years ago, are collectively known as what era?
6. Which celebrity’s memoir is titled The Woman In Me?
7. What is the official language of Tunisia?
8. What colour are female blackbirds?
9. South Park is set in which US state?
10. In the ancient Egyptian mummification process which was the only organ not removed from the body?
11. In the UK TV series “Foyle’s War” (2002-2015), what was Foyle’s profession or occupation?
12. Where is the mouth of the Yangtze River?
13. The annual Roskilde Festival, first held in 1971, takes place in what country?
14. In 2019-2021 the inaugural world championship for men’s cricket was held for which format?
15. What were the first names of author D H Lawrence?
16. In terms of diamonds, how many carats are there per gram?
17. In computing the P in IP stands for what?
18. Which four letter word can go before hammer, knife and pot to make three other words?
19. Who replaced Michael Hutchence in INXS?
20. Which country was in the title of a 1987 Robin Williams film?
Bonus question: There was a General Strike in Britain in which year of the 20th century? Answer in Quiz 11.
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Answers: 1.2016 2.Snake 3.Set square and compass 4.Serena Williams 5.Mesozoic 6.Britney Spears 7.Arabic 8.Brown 9.Colorado 10.Heart 11.Police officer 12.Shanghai 13.Denmark 14.Test cricket 15.David Herbert 16.5 carats 17.Protocol 18.Jack 19.Jon Stevens 20.Vietnam (Good Morning Vietnam).
Bonus question answer (from Quiz 9): The first person to win “The Big Four” Grammy Awards (Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year & Best New Artist) in one year was Christopher Cross.
